Robotic seal installation: Fieldbus Box system for robot head application Third Quarter 2007, Beckhoff Automation Decentralised automation technology and Fieldbus Box systems from Beckhoff are becoming more and more popular: in a front-line application at the BMW plant in Dingolfing, Germany, Fieldbus Box modules ...
Gentle giant is world champion Third Quarter 2007 KUKA Roboter celebrated the unveiling of its latest product with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. The KR 1000 titan is claimed to be the world's first industrial robot that can lift a payload ...
Robots past and present Second Quarter 2007 Robots are well-suited to repetitive work that is boring for humans and for tasks that take place in adverse environments
High density interconnects offer choice of board spacing and terminations 13 August 2003, Spectrum Concepts, Interconnection Samtec's high density four-row surface mount FourRay headers and sockets (TOLC and SOLC Series) provide up to 200 I/Os in less than one square inch (6,45 cm2). Board stack height choices are 6,35, 8, ...
D-type connectors 13 August 2003, Electrocomp, Interconnection Amphenol's wide range of D-type connectors include D-Subminiature (Micro D-Subs; Standard D-Subs; High Density D-Subs; Hybrid D-Subs) VHDCI (very high density interconnect) and D-Types for SCSI applications.
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Mini controller includes voice alarm function July 2003, Flexible Electronic Systems, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers The FAB Giant from Flexible Electronic Systems offers 127 useful function blocks specifically for time control applications. Analog inputs are accommodated, permitting long-distance monitoring of processes ...
Intelligent analog input modules July 2003, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers A range of analog input modules use microprocessor-controlled, high-resolution, 16-bit, sigma-delta A/D converters to acquire sensor signals such as voltage, current, thermocouple or RTD.
The ADAM-4000 ...